Shomõtsi
From the Indigenous Video Makers series in the Video in the Villages collection
By Valdete Pinhanta Ashenika
color, 42 min, 2001
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Shomõtsi is an Ashaninka Indian living on the border of Brazil and Peru. The movie is a report on his day to day life and his journey to the neighbouring city to get his pension as well as a portait of Valdete's hard-headed and witty uncle.
Film Festivals, Screenings, Awards
UNESCO Award, 8th International Ethnographic Film Festival , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2001
Rigoberta Menchú Tum Award in Community category, Festival Presença Autóctone, Montréal, Canadá , 2002
Honourable Mention, Cinesul 2002, Rio de Janeiro
Rigoberta Menchú Award, II Anaconda 2002, Bolivia
Special award from the Indigenous public, II ANACONDA 2002, Bolivia
Best Documentary, forumdoc.bh.2002, Minas Gerais, Brazil
other films from the Indigenous Video Makers series:
One Must Be Curious
Moyngo, The Dream of Maragareum
Wapté Mnhõnõ, The Xavante's Initiation
The Rainy Season
Wai'á Rini, The Power of the Dream
Dancing with a Dog
Kinja Iakaha, A Day in the Village
Nguné Elü, The Day the Moon Menstruated
A Path to Live
Trainees for the Future
The Living Forest
From the Ikpeng Children to the World